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Dr. Judith C. Gomez

Postdoctoral Researcher
Chemistry/Materials Science

Volunteer Appointment at Mines:
Research Assistant Professor

    The George S. Ansell Department of
    Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
    Colorado School of Mines
    Golden, Colorado 80401-1887

Education

Professional Experience

    2010-Present: Postdoctoral Researcher in Concentrating Solar Power - NREL
    2009-Present: Research Assistant Professor - Colorado School of Mines
    2001-2005: Assistant Professor - Simon Bolivar University

Research Interests

    Thermal storage materials
    High-temperature heat transfer fluids

Honors and Awards

    Fellowship: TECHINT/TENARIS Roberto Rocca Fellowship to sponsor the Ph.D. program.
    Assistantship Award: Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy (KIEM), August 2005.
    Regarded as one of the top teachers by the students in the Department of Materials Science at Simon Bolivar University, Caracas, Venezuela.
    Graduated with Honors: M.S. Materials Engineering. Outstanding thesis and GPA of 5.0/5.0. The only student with this distinction in the past 15 years, March 1995.
    Honorific Distinction: Orinoquia Award to Applied Research for best M.S. Thesis, May 1995.

Professional Societies

    The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)
    The American Ceramic Society (ACerS)
    Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST)
    Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME)
    ASM International
    Extractive Metallurgy Chapter of Denver (EMCD): Current Secretary

Invited Speaker

    "Advanced Materials for Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)" Invited speaker at the Rocky Mountain Chapter of ASM International, September 2 2010.

Publications and Presentations

    J.C. Gomez, P.R. Taylor and E.E. Vidal, "Molten Salt Electrolysis for the Synthesis of Elemental Boron," to be presented at Materials Science & Technology 2010. Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, USA, October, 17-21. 2010.
    J.C. Gomez and P.R. Taylor, Boron Production using Molten Salt Electrolysis, US Patent Application Pending, May 2010.
    J.C. Gomez and P.R. Taylor, Synthesis of Elemental Boron Using Molten Salt Electrolysis, presented at the 2009 TMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, February 15-19, 2009.
    J. C. Gomez, E. N. Labrador, E. E.Vidal and P. R. Taylor, Aluminum Powder Production from Gibbsite using a Non-Transferred Arc Thermal Plasma Reactor, Materials Science & Technology 2006. Conference and Exhibition, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, October, 15-19. 2006.
    P. Taylor, S. Shuey, E. Vidal, W. Wang and J. Gomez. Extractive Metallurgy of Vanadium Containing Titaniferous Magnetite Ores: A Review, Minerals & Metallurgical Processing. Vol. 23. Nš 2. Pp. 80-86. May 2006.
    M. Manrique, T. Figueira, J. Gomez and P. R. Taylor, "Thermal Decomposition of Ilmenite in a Non-Transferred Arc Thermal Plasma Flow Reactor", Astrophysics and Space Science, Pp.1-5, October 1998.
    M. Manrique, T. Figueira, J. C. Gomez and P. R. Taylor, "Ilmenite Thermal Decomposition in a Thermal Plasma Reactor", EPD Congress 1998, TMS, San Antonio, TX, USA, February 1998.
    M. Manrique, T. Figueira, P. R. Taylor and J. C. Gomez, Thermal Decomposition of Ilmenite in a Non-Transferred Arc Thermal Plasma Flow Reactor, 7 th LAWPP 1997. Latin American Workshop on Plasma Physics, USB, Caracas, Venezuela, January 1997.
    M. Manrique, J. C. Gomez and P. R. Taylor, Thermal Decomposition of Zircon in a Non-Transferred Arc Thermal Plasma Flow Reactor, EPD Congress 1996, TMS, Anaheim, CA, USA, March 1996. (A Sampling of Highlights from the EPD Congress 1996", Journal of Metals, April 1996).
    M. Manrique, J. C. Gomez y M. Jimenez. Study on the Tantalum Oxide Reduction by Electrolytic Process, III Congreso Franco-Venezolano de Ceramicas y Nuevos Materiales, Merida, Venezuela, December 1991.

LANGUAGES

    Proficient in reading, writing and speaking both English and Spanish